The Healer’s in Your House!

Kenneth W. Hagin

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The Healer’s in Your House!

ISBN-13: 978-1-60616-802-8

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Dedication

I would like to dedicate this book to Peggy Rice, a talented writer and faithful friend. For 30 years she devoted her life to helping others—including Lynette and me—sound great on the printed page. She went home to be with her Heavenly Father on August 14, 2011, but her extraordinary work on this book and many others, her love for friends and family, and her fiery passion for the Lord will not soon be forgotten.

CHAPTER 1

The Day of Healing Has Dawned!

“For you who fear my name, the Sun of Righteousness will rise with healing in his wings. And you will go free, leaping with joy like calves let out to pasture.” —Malachi 4:2 (NLT)

Here the prophet Malachi is looking down through time and describing what he sees. As he gazes into the future, he sees Jesus coming with healing in His hands. He sees Jesus ministering to the sick. He sees Jesus delivering those who are bound!

As we look at these truths, we must understand that when Jesus came to this earth, He did not come empty-handed. He came with healing. That means the day of healing has dawned.

If your body is racked with pain or if you’re facing a terrible diagnosis, the good news is, there’s an end to your darkness. There’s an end to your trouble—because Jesus Christ has risen with healing in His wings!

Jesus Has Come Into Your Dark Night

Have you ever suffered through a dark night? I’m talking about a night when the pain was so great that you could not sleep. As the hours ticked away, you wondered if the sun would ever appear on the horizon again. You asked yourself, over and over, Will morning ever come?

Maybe it’s not sickness that’s plaguing you today. Maybe it’s something else. You think, If I can just make it through the darkness, if I can just make it through the night, there will be light in the morning.

As we live our lives and walk on this earth, dark clouds of hopelessness and despair seem to hang over us at times. Satan does everything he can to keep us in the darkness and out of the light of the Word of God. And it seems that he uses sickness and disease to rob and steal from God’s people more than anything else.

Perhaps you’ve suffered for so long that your pain and misery seem to stretch into eternity. Maybe you’re like so many people whom the enemy has told, “This is your lot in life. You might as well get used to living this way.”

But I’m telling you, the devil is a liar! The Healer has already come. The Sun of Righteousness has risen with healing in His wings.

As you let the light of God shine into your life, you will rise from the darkness. You will rise from the pit of despair. And you will walk in joy and gladness instead of gloom and doom.

Jesus has risen that you might have life and have it more abundantly (John 10:10). The darkness, sickness, disease, and problems you face are only temporary if you will let the light of God shine in.

In John 8:12 Jesus said that He was the light of the world. And when the light comes, darkness is dispelled and gloom is gone. The Light of the World has risen upon you, and He’s risen with healing in His wings. As you lift up your eyes and look to Him, you can and will be delivered from the darkness!

Looking Into the Future

Remember, the prophet was looking into the future when he spoke those words in Malachi 4:2. He was looking toward the day when Jesus would come. Matthew 4:16 describes the coming of Jesus this way—“ ‘The people living in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow of death a light has dawned’ ” (NIV).

Throughout His earthly ministry, Jesus brought healing and health to those who were afflicted. Remember what the psalmist said—“He sent his word, and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions” (Ps. 107:20 KJV).

Perhaps as the prophet Malachi looked down through time, he saw the leprous man who came to Jesus and was healed (Luke 5:12–13). Or perhaps He saw the woman with the issue of blood as she pressed through the crowd to get to Jesus. For she said, “If I may touch but his clothes, I shall be whole” (Mark 5:28 KJV). Maybe he saw her touch the hem of Jesus’ garment. Maybe he saw the healing power flow into her body and heal her.

Perhaps as he looked down through time he saw Blind Bartimaeus sitting on the road to Jericho when Jesus passed by (Mark 10:46). Maybe he saw the blind beggar shed his ragged garment that signified, “I’m blind.” And then it’s possible he saw the Sun of Righteousness with healing in His wings restore Bartimaeus’ sight.

It’s so important for us to realize that the Sun of Righteousness with healing in His wings is the same Jesus Who in Pilate’s judgment hall suffered those 39 stripes on His back. And Peter said, “By His stripes you were healed” (1 Peter 2:24).

Jesus went to the cross and willingly laid down His life. As He hung there, suspended between Heaven and earth, with one last gasp He built a bridge whereby mankind could cross over from sickness, disease, sin, and depravity to the joys of Heaven. As He drew His last breath and His head slumped to His chest, He said, “It is finished” (John 19:30).

The lightning flashed, the thunder rolled, and the curtain in the Temple was torn apart from top to bottom. Now, because of Jesus, man himself has become the tabernacle of the power and presence of God.

Even after that great event took place, gloom still hung over the earth. Why? Because Jesus still lay in the grave. One day passed. Two days passed. But on the third day, as the sun appeared in the eastern sky, the Sun of Righteousness arose with healing in His wings. He arose with salvation, healing, and deliverance for every human being who would ever live!

Malachi 4:2 says when Jesus comes with His healing power, you will go free—leaping with joy, filled with life—like a calf let out to pasture.

You may never have been on a farm, but I remember my grandpa’s farm and other farms I visited as I was growing up. I would see the calves and colts that had been cooped up in the stall jumping, kicking, and running around in the pasture as soon as they were let out. They were rejoicing because they were free!

You may be cooped up in the devil’s stall of sickness and disease, but it’s time for you to go free. It’s time for you to go leaping and dancing and rejoicing, because your day of deliverance has dawned. The Sun of Righteousness has risen over your life with healing in His wings!

I want you to know that if you are living in the land of sickness and disease, if you’re living with a death sentence hanging over your head, the light has come. For those living in the shadow of death, a light has dawned.

And it’s not just an ordinary light. It’s not just a light bulb shining in the darkness. It’s not just a spotlight. It’s the light shining from the Son of God—the Sun of Righteousness Himself. It’s the light that lights all of Heaven.

This very moment, the rays of His light—the rays of His healing power—are shining on you. And you can breathe deep of the aroma of the winds of Heaven and know that He has come to heal you! He’s come to you with healing in His wings.

The Sun of Righteousness has risen for you personally. His beams of healing are shining over your life. Your hour of deliverance has come. Your day of healing has dawned. As you read the pages of this book, let the Lord strengthen and encourage you as you stir yourself up to receive your healing from Him.

Keys to Remember for Your Healing

The following truths regarding healing are drawn from this chapter. It is important to remember them. I’ll list truths like these at the end of each chapter.

1. The day of healing has dawned.

2. Jesus, the Sun of Righteousness, has risen with healing in His wings.

3. As you let the light of God’s Word shine into your life, you will be delivered from darkness—from all sickness and disease.

Scriptures to Meditate On

Malachi 4:2 (NLT)

“ ‘For you who fear my name, the Sun of Righteousness will rise with healing in his wings. And you will go free, leaping with joy like calves let out to pasture.’ ”

Matthew 4:16 (NIV)

“The people living in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow of death a light has dawned.”

Psalm 107:20 (KJV)

“He sent his word, and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions.”

CHAPTER 2

Jesus Is Passing By

“As Jesus and his disciples, together with a large crowd, were leaving the city, a blind man, Bartimaeus . . . , was sitting by the roadside begging.” —Mark 10:46 (NIV)

Can you picture a blind man sitting on the side of the road, begging for someone to put a few coins in his little cup? Picture him dirty and helpless, with the dust swirling around him from the feet of the people and the beasts of burden as they walk by. His clothes and hair are completely covered with dust. Day after day he sits in the dirt while others enjoy life.

I’ve seen people like this before and my heart goes out to them. I remember when I was about 9 years old, I would go with my mom and dad to downtown Dallas. There on the street corner, right next to a large drugstore, sat a blind man.

This man had a cup with pencils in it, and he would shake his cup so the pencils would rattle. He wanted people to reach into their pockets, pull out a quarter, a dime, or a dollar, put it into his cup, and take one of his pencils. That was the only way he had to make a living.

Now just imagine the poor blind man in Mark chapter 10 sitting beside the road to Jericho. Like this man I saw in downtown Dallas, Bartimaeus didn’t have any other way to make a living except begging. All day long he would shake his cup at the people who walked by. The ones who had compassion on him would drop in a few coins.

There he was, sitting in a world of darkness and uncertainty, a world of dependency and lack. His world was one of doom and gloom, because he had no prospect of ever getting better.

Can you picture Bartimaeus on the days when the wind was cold and damp, clutching his ragged clothes and shivering by the roadside? He was living in darkness, not only because he couldn’t see, but because he had never been enlightened. He had never been told that the Messiah had come.

Suddenly, on this particular day, he heard a sound coming toward him on the road. It was a different type of noise. I’ve been told that a person who can’t see usually has very keen hearing. I happen to know this is true because my own grandmother, my dad’s mom, was blind. We called her Pat’s Momma, and she had lost her eyesight, not because of any physical problem, but because of an emotional upheaval in her life.

I remember many times when I was sitting in the house with my grandmother and she would say, “Kenneth just drove up,” referring to my dad.

I would quickly reply, “No, Pat’s Momma, Mom and Dad are in south Texas.”

But she was adamant. “I tell you, Kenneth’s car just pulled up in front of the house.”

So I would jump up and run to the window, and sure enough, there was Daddy’s car. Mom and Dad were right there in front of me!

I remember other times when we were sitting inside the house and Pat’s Momma would say, “Son, the insurance man is walking up the sidewalk. Go get the insurance payment and be ready to pay him when he comes to the door.” I mean, you couldn’t slip up on my grandmother, even if she was blind!

I’m sure this blind beggar in Mark chapter 10 was much the same way. He couldn’t see anything, but he could probably hear the slightest sound or the rustling of the wind. On this particular day, he heard a noise coming toward him on the road. I can picture him grabbing hold of the people around him and asking, “What’s going on?”

Someone must have told him, “Jesus is passing by.” Bartimaeus didn’t know it, but this was about to become the most important day of his life. You see, this was the last day he would be blind.

Now he had probably heard about this Jesus of Nazareth Who went about doing good and healing those who were sick. Suddenly, this same man was passing by on the very road where Bartimaeus was sitting. It was the opportunity of a lifetime. It was his chance to be healed—his chance to see—his chance to have a new life!

As soon as Bartimaeus found out it was Jesus, he began to cry out, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!” Mark 10:48 says that many people in the crowd that day rebuked him and told him to be quiet.

When the people began to rail on him, Bartimaeus had a decision to make. Was he going to yield to the pressure of the crowd? Or was he going to keep reaching out to Jesus for a miracle?

What did he do? The Bible says he shouted all the more! He was not going to let this opportunity pass him by. So he began to cry out to Jesus in utter desperation.

As the blind man’s words rang out, Jesus suddenly stopped. Jesus will always stop at the cry of faith. The Lord said, “Bring him to Me.” All of a sudden the same people who had told him to be quiet began telling him, “He’s calling for you.” They even cleared a trail for him. I mean, they laid out the red carpet for this blind man!

What Bartimaeus did next is extremely important for your healing and mine. He cast aside his beggar’s garment and left it lying on the ground. If you know anything about the times in which he lived, that outer garment said to everyone who saw him, “I’m a blind beggar.” The garments people wore in that day indicated their station in life. And this man’s garment said, “I’m an outcast—a nobody.”

When the blind man cast off his ragged garment, he was saying, in essence, “I’m no longer going to be blind or an outcast. I’m leaving my blindness behind. I’m leaving my despair and darkness in the past.” He was turning his back on everything he had ever known.

When Bartimaeus came to Jesus, the Lord asked him, “What do you want Me to do for you?”

Notice that Bartimaeus didn’t stutter or stammer. He didn’t say, “Jesus, whatever You want to give me is all right.”

You see, it was important for Bartimaeus to ask for the right thing. He could have said, “I need a helper, someone who can take me places and help me get to the side of the road.” Or he could have asked for a little shelter to be built for him so he could live right there at the very spot where he begged every day for a living. Or he might have even asked for a benefactor who would support him and take care of him for the rest of his life.

But what the blind man asked for that day, no man could give him. Only God could give him the thing he so desperately desired.

Bartimaeus said to Jesus, “Lord, I want to see!”

And Jesus replied, “Go—your faith has healed you.”

Now wait just a minute. Jesus said this man’s faith had healed him. I thought it was Jesus Who healed him. Yes, it was Jesus’ power that opened his blind eyes. But this man’s faith was what activated that power. And your faith is what will activate Jesus’ power in your life!

Decisions, Decisions, Decisions . . .

There were several decisions Bartimaeus made that propelled him toward his miracle. And your decisions can propel you toward your miracle too. The most powerful decision this blind man ever made was to get out of bed on this particular morning and go back to the place where he had been sitting, day after day.

Why was that so powerful? Think about it this way. How many days had this man already sat there on the side of the road, receiving nothing of significance, only to go back to his shelter at night hungry, dirty, tired, and still blind? And how many mornings had he arisen, only to face the same situation all over again?

On this particular morning, as the sun streaked its rays of light across the eastern horizon, Bartimaeus awakened to another day of his darkened, miserable life. What would have happened if he had said, “I don’t want to sit on the side of the road anymore.” Or what if he had decided, “I believe I’ll try something different. I’ll go sit on another road today.” If Bartimaeus hadn’t gotten up that morning and gone back to the same spot where he had begged for money day after day, he would have missed what God had for him.

Sometimes half the battle in life is deciding to get up and do something. If you need healing, it’s so important that you decide to do something about it. Why? Your decisions today will affect the rest of your life.

Bartimaeus not only decided to sit on the side of the road again that day, but when he heard that Jesus of Nazareth was passing by, he also decided to call upon the Lord. He began to cry out, saying, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me.”

When the people told him to be quiet, suddenly he had another decision to make—“Am I going to listen to these people or am I going to receive my deliverance?” I mean, there was a large crowd gathered around Jesus. Those people could have turned on Bartimaeus and beaten him up.

But he decided he would not be quiet. Actually, he began to scream more loudly and more often than he had before. Bartimaeus began to cry out to Jesus with every ounce of energy in his body. And many times you and I need to lift our voices too. We need to learn how to stand up and declare God’s Word in the face of opposition.

In the face of lack, we need to declare, “My God shall supply all my need” (Phil. 4:19). In the face of a satanic attack, we need to declare, “No weapon that’s formed against me will prosper” (Isa. 54:17). When we’re facing an overwhelming task, we need to declare, “I can do all things through Christ Who strengthens me” (Phil. 4:13).

If you decide to step out in faith and believe for your healing, there will probably be those who will tell you, “Quiet down.” But don’t listen to those people. Don’t listen to the ones who say that you’re going to have to live with the sickness that’s attacking your body. When you start crying out to Jesus, miraculous things happen!

I imagine if you had talked to Bartimaeus, he would have told you, “I’m so glad I lifted my voice.” You see, what you decide today about lifting your voice and calling on Jesus can profoundly affect the rest of your life.

What was Bartimaeus’ next decision? He decided to cast off his beggar’s robe. He decided to lay down the coat that indicated he was an outcast—unacceptable in the sight of humanity.

He was saying, “I’m leaving my old life behind. I’m going to a new life. I’m leaving my comfort zone, turning my back on the past, and stepping into the unknown—into my new life with God!”

He was also saying by faith, “I’m not going to need that robe anymore. I’m coming to Jesus, and I’m believing that I’m going to be healed and whole.”

After Bartimaeus cast off his beggar’s robe, he made one last decision. He knew what he wanted from Jesus and he asked for it. Remember, Jesus said to him, “What do you want Me to do for you?” (Mark 10:51 Amplified).

Bartimaeus immediately replied, “Master, let me receive my sight.” He was instantly ready with a specific answer—I want to see!

Many times when we come to God, we’re too general. But God doesn’t move in generalities. He moves in specifics. We must come to Him with our specific needs, backed up by His Word.

I’ve seen people who needed a great deal from the Lord, but they only asked Him for a little. God will give us what we ask for. So don’t ask for just barely enough. He’s the God of more than enough. Ask Him for an abundant supply!

Are You Ready to Receive?

This is your opportunity to rise up and slip out of the garment of fear, the garment of doubt and unbelief—whatever is hindering you from receiving your healing. You can lay those things aside, just as Bartimaeus slipped out of the garment that marked him as a blind beggar, and you can be healed!

Remember, Jesus told Bartimaeus, “Thy faith hath made thee whole” (Mark 10:52 KJV). Where was his faith demonstrated? It was demonstrated when they told him to be quiet and he screamed even more loudly. It was demonstrated when he left that beggar’s coat behind and said, in essence, “I’m not going to need that anymore.” And his faith activated Jesus’ power! His faith got him his healing!

The same Jesus Who passed by Bartimaeus that day is passing by you this very moment. He’s passing by and He’s still asking the same question today that He asked so many years ago: “What do you want Me to do for you?”

Do you want to be free from cancer? Do you want to be free from heart trouble? Do you want to be free from diabetes? Are you ready? Reach out to Him right now. In the Name of Jesus, be healed today!

Keys to Remember for Your Healing

1. You must get up and do something.

2. You must declare God’s Word in the face

of opposition.

3. Don’t listen to the people who tell you that you have to live with sickness.

4. You must cast off the garment of fear, the garment of doubt and unbelief.

5. You must be specific with God about

your needs.

6. God will give you what you ask for, so

don’t ask for barely enough.

7. Remember, the same Jesus Who passed by Bartimaeus is passing by you today.

Scriptures to Meditate On

Mark 10:47 (NIV)

“He [Bartimaeus] began to shout.”

Mark 10:50 (NIV)

“Throwing his cloak aside, he jumped to his feet and came to Jesus.”

Mark 10:52 (NIV)

“ ‘Go,’ said Jesus, ‘your faith has healed you.’ ”

Isaiah 54:17

“No weapon formed against you shall prosper.”

Philippians 4:19 (Amplified)

“My God will liberally supply (fill to the full) your every need according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus.”

CHAPTER 3

The Healer Is in the House

“Now it happened on a certain day, as He [Jesus] was teaching, that there were Pharisees and teachers of the law sitting by, who had come out of every town of Galilee, Judea, and Jerusalem. And the power of the Lord was present to heal them.” —Luke 5:17

My, what a high-powered counsel had gathered around Jesus that day. They were the religious leaders—the Pharisees and doctors of the law. And the Bible says, “The power of the Lord was present to heal them.” Who is that verse talking about? Everyone in the room!

Several men brought a paralyzed man to the meeting, but the crowd was so big they couldn’t get into the house. So they decided to go up on the roof and tear off some of the tiles. And the scene below was suddenly interrupted when they lowered the paralyzed man in front of Jesus on his bed or some kind of stretcher.

Let’s read this story and see what happened to the paralyzed man.

Luke 5:18–20; 24–25

18 Then behold, men brought on a bed a man who was paralyzed, whom they sought to bring in and lay before Him [Jesus].

19 And when they could not find how they might bring him in, because of the crowd, they went up on the housetop and let him down with his bed through the tiling into the midst before Jesus.

20 When He saw their faith, He said to him, “Man, your sins are forgiven you.”

24 “. . . I say to you, arise, take up your bed, and go to your house.”

25 Immediately he rose up before them, took up what he had been lying on, and departed to his own house, glorifying God.

Notice in verse 20 that when the Lord looked up and saw the man coming through the roof, “He saw their faith.” Guess what? He didn’t just see the faith of the man who was lying on that bed. He also saw the faith of those men who took him up on the roof!

Remember, the power of the Lord was present to heal everyone in the house that day. In other words, the Healer was in the house. But no one was healed except the paralyzed man who was lowered through a hole in the roof.

Why did he receive his healing? Because he plugged into the power of God. You see, the men who brought him to Jesus demonstrated their faith by bringing him. The paralyzed man demonstrated his faith by allowing them to take him up on the roof and let him down into the room. That certainly took faith! I mean, how many paralyzed people are going to let someone lower them down through the ceiling into a room?

Can you imagine the building being so full that they couldn’t get in? Then, all of a sudden, the crowd heard the sound as the men who were carrying him began to remove big chunks of the roof. In the next instant, they lowered him down before the Lord.

Think about this for a moment. What if one of those men had let a little more of his rope go than the others did? The paralyzed man could have fallen out of his bed and landed in the middle of the crowd. He might have been seriously hurt. My wife once made the comment, “He might have gotten more paralyzed.” I don’t know how someone can get more paralyzed, but we all had a good laugh about that!

Above all, we need to realize from this story that the act of faith is what moves the Lord. He’s already provided healing for us. It’s when we move to take advantage of what He’s already done that His mighty power goes into operation.

The Power of the Lord

Is Always Present to Heal

The power of the Lord has the potential to change everything around you and in you. It will break any habit that holds you captive. It will break the bondage the enemy puts upon you. It will set you free from the boundaries of sickness, fear, and financial problems. The power of the Lord will bring you out of the darkness of Satan’s tyranny into the light of the Kingdom of God!

If someone wanted to encounter the power of the Lord in Jesus’ day, they had to go to Jesus Himself or someone whom He had anointed with healing power. But after He died on the cross and sent the Holy Spirit back to this earth, the power of the Lord was suddenly available everywhere through the presence of the Spirit!

You see, the Holy Spirit is here all the time. He’s omnipresent—present everywhere at the same time. Someone might ask, “Is the power of the Lord present at the neighborhood bar?” Yes, it is. But there probably isn’t anyone there who is tapping into that power.

You see, even though the power of the Lord is always present to heal, we still have to activate the power before it can do anything for us. The power of God will only be manifested when people exercise their faith.

That’s what happened when they brought the paralyzed man to Jesus. He and his friends exercised their faith, and he was healed. And that’s why no one else was healed that day—because no one else exercised faith and believed that something was going to happen.

The Healing Power Comes

Because of the Anointing

If you are sick and afflicted today, the Healer is in the house! The Healer is in your house. And God’s healing power comes because of the anointing of the Holy Spirit.

Acts 10:38 says, “How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil” (KJV). In other words, Jesus’ ability to heal did not come from His position as the Son of God. He healed people because He was a man operating with the same anointing that we, as men and women, can operate with today.

Through the anointing of the Holy Spirit, Jesus healed the leper. He healed the woman with the issue of blood. He healed the paralyzed man. He healed the man with the withered hand. He healed blind Bartimaeus. I want you to notice the wide variety of diseases He took care of. No sickness, no disease, could stand against the anointing of the power of God.

Isaiah 10:27 declares, “The yoke shall be destroyed because of the anointing” (KJV). What is the anointing? The anointing is the power of God activated in a person’s life when that person believes, or exercises faith. Praise God, it’s the anointing that will carry us through in life. And the anointing—the power of God—is in every believer through the Holy Spirit (1 John 2:27).

The anointing is there to strengthen us and quicken, or make alive, our bodies (Rom. 8:11). Healing and deliverance come because of the anointing. And the more we understand how to move and operate in the anointing, the more we will see great things happen in our lives and the lives of others!

We have a choice today. We can choose either to walk in the anointing or to continue just as we have been. We can choose to have our needs met by the anointing of the power of God, or we can choose to stay where we are. You see, the anointing is necessary in our lives because it destroys the boundaries, chains, sickness, and lack—all the things the enemy tries to place upon us.

The paralyzed man wasn’t satisfied to stay where he was. He believed if he could get to Jesus, he would be healed—and he was.

Faith—our believing—is the key to everything in the Word of God. Faith is the act of believing for something that you cannot see or feel. But you believe you have it anyway. It’s believing that you have something before you see it manifested (Mark 11:24). That kind of faith will activate the anointing of the power of God.

What do you need from the Lord today? Do you need healing? Do you need deliverance from some kind of habit? Do you need to escape the clutches of fear? Do you need to be set free from something else that’s been plaguing you?

The Healer is in the house. The Healer is always in the house. He doesn’t ever leave. He’s always ready. The anointing, the power of the Lord, is always ready. But we have to put our faith into action if we want the anointing to flow!

Let me bring this home to you. The anointing is in the room with you this very moment. The Healer is in the house with you right now. Are you going to activate His power? You can receive God’s power and anointing for yourself, no matter where you are. If you’re marooned on a desert island, you can still activate the anointing, the power of the Lord.

Are you ready to believe God? Just begin to call out to Him right now! If you want to activate the power of the Lord, start praising Him by faith. Begin to shout and rejoice! Whatever you need, reach up and get hold of it, and say by faith, “In the Name of Jesus, I take it! It’s mine!”

Keys to Remember for Your Healing

1. The Healer is always in the house.

2. The power of the Lord is always present

to heal.

3. Faith activates the power of God.

4. The power of the Lord can change everything around you and in you.

5. The power of the Lord comes because of

the anointing.

6. Faith is the key to everything in the Word

of God.

7. Faith is the act of believing for something that you cannot see or feel.

Scriptures to Meditate On

Luke 5:17

“The power of the Lord was present to heal them.”

Luke 5:20

“He [Jesus] saw their faith”

Acts 10:38 (KJV)

“How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil.”

Isaiah 10:27 (KJV)

“The yoke shall be destroyed because of the anointing.”

Romans 8:11 (NLT)

“The Spirit of God, who raised Jesus from the dead, lives in you. And just as God raised Christ Jesus from the dead, he will give life to your mortal bodies by this same Spirit living within you.”

Mark 11:24

“ ‘Therefore I say to you, whatever things you ask when you pray, believe that you receive them, and you will have them.’ ”

CHAPTER 4

Jesus Christ Heals You

When I minister on healing, I often relate stories about the great healings Jesus performed when He walked this earth. But in this particular chapter I want to share an incident that occurred in the life of the Apostle Peter. As you read this story from Acts chapter 9, I believe you will see that God not only performed healings through the ministry of Jesus, but He also heals through His people today who will believe His Word.

Acts 9:32–35 relates details of Peter’s encounter with a man named Aeneas. Let’s look for a moment at the condition of this man. He was a paralytic and was in a helpless, deplorable state. Possibly the doctors of his day had done all they could for him. But when something is impossible with men, it’s still possible with God (Luke 18:27).

Aeneas had been bedridden for eight years. Can you imagine him lying there on his bed, with no hope of getting better? Day after day, life passed him by. Day after day, he watched people do things that he longed to do but could not do. He may have even had to fight off bitterness because of his lot in life.

We have no idea why Aeneas was suffering from this condition. Perhaps he had been in an accident or injured on his job. Or he might have been a victim of a violent crime.

The Bible doesn’t tell us what happened to Aeneas. It only says that he was in a helpless state as he lay on that bed for eight years. No matter what happened to him, his condition shows us the desperate, helpless position that so many people are in today. It also shows us how desperately mankind as a whole is in need of the intervention of God.

You may be suffering from sickness or disease right now. Perhaps you’re afflicted, and medical science hasn’t been able to help you. You may even be getting worse, or the doctors may simply be keeping you alive until you can get healed.

We know that medical science has made a lot of progress over the years, but there are still many conditions they cannot cure. Thank God for what man is able to accomplish, but we must look beyond the knowledge of man. We must look to God—“the Father of lights”—from Whom we receive every good and perfect gift—including healing (James 1:17).

Peter’s Confidence

Let’s read the account of Aeneas’ healing:

ACTS 9:32–35 (NIV)

32 As Peter traveled about the country, he went to visit the saints in Lydda.

33 There he found a man named Aeneas, a paralytic who had been bedridden for eight years.

34 “Aeneas,” Peter said to him, “Jesus Christ heals you. Get up and take care of your mat.” Immediately Aeneas got up.

35 All those who lived in Lydda and Sharon saw him and turned to the Lord.

I want you to notice that Peter had confidence and boldness as he declared, “Jesus Christ heals you.” He had been traveling around the country ministering when he came to the city of Lydda, which is located about 25 miles northwest of Jerusalem. There he found this man, Aeneas, in such a terrible condition and Peter boldly declared, “Jesus Christ heals you!”

Now Peter didn’t try to cheer Aeneas up. He didn’t try to encourage him by saying, “Jesus will make it easier for you to endure your lot in life.” He didn’t say that Jesus would help the man cope with his sickness. And he didn’t say, “You must confess whatever sin has caused this problem, and then you’ll be healed.”

Let me tell you, many people who are sick today are not sinning at all. The devil merely brings sickness wherever he can, because that’s one of the ways he accomplishes his mission here on this earth.

What is his mission? The Bible plainly tells us that he has come to steal, kill, and destroy, but God sent His Son to die on Calvary that we might have life and have it more abundantly (John 10:10). It’s not life when you’re sick. It’s not life when you’re destitute. It’s not life when you’re always in turmoil. And God does not want us just to have life—He wants us to have it more abundantly. John 10:10 in the New International Version says He wants us to “ ‘have it to the full.’ ”

Peter said to Aeneas, “Jesus Christ heals you!” That’s a bold statement. There was no hesitation, no question mark. And I say to you today—if you will believe and act upon the Word of God, Jesus Christ heals you too!

The primary reason Peter made this bold statement to Aeneas was that the power of the Holy Spirit was residing in him. But he had also received boldness while traveling with Jesus for three years. In fact, Peter’s statement is similar to many that Jesus made when He dealt with the sick.

Peter was there when Jesus said to the paralyzed man, “Get up, pick up your bed, and go home!” (Matt. 9:6 GNT). He was there when Jesus said to Jairus’ daughter after she had died, “Little girl, I tell you to get up!” (Mark 5:41 GNT). And he was there when Jesus said to the young man who had died, “Young man! Get up, I tell you!” (Luke 7:14 GNT).

So Peter boldly followed Jesus’ example when he declared to Aeneas, “ ‘Jesus Christ heals you. Get up and take care of your mat’ ” (Acts 9:34 NIV). But then it was time for the paralyzed man to act. So many times when we pray for people, instead of them saying, “Thank God, I’m healed,” or beginning to do something they couldn’t do, they wait for some feeling. They wait for something to happen.

Once the healing power of God is administered, the people who are prayed for need to act on the Word. They need to begin to do what they couldn’t do before. They need to activate the healing power by the words they speak. You see, faith without works or action is dead (James 2:20).

Many years ago when I was about 13 or 14, my dad, Kenneth E. Hagin, was holding a meeting in a church. He invited to the altar everyone who either couldn’t walk or had problems walking.

At least seven people came to the altar that night. One woman had to be carried, and a man just shuffled down to the front of the church. Almost everybody had to have some kind of help getting to the altar, except for one woman who managed to come on her own.

Dad didn’t pray for any of those people. He just walked up in front of them and said, “Run!” The first one pushed himself up, took a few faltering steps, and then took off running. Right down the line, even the one who had been carried down there acted on the word Dad gave and began to run.

But when he spoke to the lady who had gotten there on her own, she said, “My lord! I can hardly walk, much less run.”

Dad continued to encourage her, but she just insisted, “I can’t do it. I can’t run and I’m not going to try.” Guess what? She left that service exactly the way she came.

Sometimes people explain something like that by saying, “The power of God just wasn’t working tonight.” The power of God is always there to work. It’s the individual drawing upon that power by acting on the Word that makes the difference!

The Source and Power of Healing

When Peter made the statement “Jesus Christ heals you,” he was revealing both the source and the power of healing. Jesus Christ is the source of healing and the power of healing.

In First Peter 2:24, Peter declared, “By whose [Jesus’] stripes we were healed.” Now I’m putting this into modern language. And one of the most important things we need to remember about this scripture is that if we “were” healed, then we “are” healed. We need to bring Peter’s words into the present tense.

We also need to understand that when Jesus Christ was in Pilate’s judgment hall and took those 39 stripes on His back, it was for the healing of mankind. Every time they lashed that cat-o’-nine-tails across His back and ripped open His skin, it was for your healing and mine.

Those burly Roman guards knew exactly how to use that whip. The cat-o’-nine-tails usually had little strips of leather at the end. Balls of lead and pieces of rock and glass wrapped in that leather would drag across the skin every time they cracked the whip.

Sometimes the ends of the whip would wrap around and catch the person’s stomach and rip it open. Sometimes they would even rip through the skin on the face. Isaiah 52:14 says, “His visage was so marred more than any man” (KJV). In other words, Jesus’ face was so disfigured that He wasn’t even recognizable. He took that horrible, brutal torture upon His own body for our healing.

By His stripes we are healed! We must realize that the healing power of God is administered to us by the Holy Spirit because of the stripes that Jesus took on His back.

Healing Is for Today

When Peter said, “Jesus Christ heals you,” the translation of those two words heals you is in the present tense. That indicates to me that Jesus Christ heals here and now!

Some have said that healing was done away with when the last apostle died. But I know it hasn’t been done away with because I have been healed myself.

When I was in the sixth grade, there was an outbreak of mumps and I suddenly started having all the symptoms. My grandma—my mom’s mother—was staying with us while my mother traveled with Dad. So I said to her, “Just call Dad and he’ll pray for me and I’ll be healed.”

She didn’t want to do it at first because she didn’t want to run the phone bill up. But I finally persuaded her to call my dad. After he prayed for me, I went over and lay down and went to sleep. When I woke up, all the symptoms were gone. The swelling was gone. I was completely healed!

I remember another time when our children were small, and I was helping my wife, Lynette, clean house. She asked me to vacuum the stairs, and while I was vacuuming, I got tangled up in the vacuum cleaner hose and fell down the stairs.

When I struck the bottom of the stairs, I broke my ankle. My leg was straight, but my ankle was hanging over to the side. My wife just got mad at the devil. She came running over to pray for me, screaming at the top of her voice, “Devil, you have no authority here!” Then she laid her hands on my ankle and it straightened right out!

They’ve come too late to tell me that Jesus doesn’t heal today. I’ve seen it with my own eyes. I’ve felt it in my own body. Besides, too many healings have occurred throughout the centuries since Jesus’ death. Healing is still part of the Gospel today, and it will not be done away with until Jesus Christ returns and takes us home to be with Him.

God was the Healer in the Old Testament. He was the Healer in the Gospels. He was the Healer in the Book of Acts. And He is still the Healer today! Hebrews 13:8 says, “Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever” (NIV).

If Jesus Christ healed yesterday, He has to heal today or it would mean that He has changed. But He has not changed. God is not just the God of the long ago. Jesus is not just a historical figure. God is God today and He always will be God. He said in Malachi 3:6, “I am the Lord, I change not” (KJV).

The Word of God is the ultimate authority. It’s time for us to believe God’s Word and not hang on to the traditions of men. It’s time to obey the Word, rise, be healed by the power of God, and maintain our healing. It’s time to live a healthy, blessed life.

You Don’t Have to Be Sick!

Have you ever heard someone say, “Everybody’s getting the flu. I’ll probably get it too”? Well, if they keep talking like that, they probably will!

I remember when my dad was preaching out in California back in the mid-1950s and a flu epidemic broke out. So many people were sick they finally had to close down the schools. The pastor wanted to stop the meeting, but Dad said, “No, we’re not stopping the meeting.”

But the people were either so sick or so afraid of catching the flu that they stopped coming. At the next meeting, six preachers and three other people came. Dad got up and taught for an hour on the subject of faith. After the service, those preachers were gathered around the piano, talking. One of them said, “Well, I’m going home. I can feel the flu symptoms coming on me.”

Someone else said, “Brother Hagin, aren’t you afraid you’re going to get the flu? You prayed for a woman who had it. She was really coughing!”

“No,” Dad replied, “I’m not going to get the flu.”

“Oh, Brother Hagin! If I was you, I wouldn’t talk like that.” I mean, the guy started whispering.

Dad said, “Why?”

“Don’t you know the devil will hear you?”

“That’s the very dude I want to hear me!” Dad answered quickly. “I want him to know that I know what the Word of God says, and I have already put up my No Trespassing sign.” And my dad did not get the flu!

You may need to put up some No Trespassing signs on your body. You may need to tell the devil, “This is not your territory. You can’t trespass on my body.”

I remember when our daughter, Denise, was about 3 or 4 years old and sickness had grabbed hold of her. She was burning up with fever, so my wife and I prayed and the fever broke.

Later that night, Denise woke up and the fever had come back. She was also suffering with all kinds of other symptoms. So I went into her bedroom and said, “In the Name of Jesus, devil, you get out of this room.” And then I started kicking. I kicked the devil out of Denise’s room. I kicked him down the stairs and out into the front hall. (I’m serious!)

Next I opened the front door and kicked the devil outside. Then I kicked him all the way out to the street. Of course, it was three o’clock in the morning and nobody was outside but me. So I told Satan, “Mr. Devil, do you see this line right here? That’s my property line. You can’t trespass on this line. You keep your sickness and disease and all of your other symptoms off this property. You have no right or authority here!”

We need to get bold with our authority as believers. We can’t be mealymouthed. We have to be bold!

Sometimes when people see the devil coming down the street, they cross over to the other side. They try to hide from him. No! When the devil comes against us with all of his junk, we need to throw our shoulders back and stand tall. We need to know who we are in Christ. And we need to know that we have authority over Satan.

Peter said to Aeneas, “Jesus Christ heals you. Get up and take care of your mat.” God through Peter told Aeneas to do what he could not do. And he believed and obeyed what Peter said. As a result, he was completely healed and set free!

I want you to know something today: Jesus Christ has healed you too! But you must believe that God wants you healed. You must obey what the Word of God says about healing. And you must obey the vessel God uses to bring you healing.

Notice that Peter didn’t even pray for Aeneas. He didn’t lay hands on him. He just looked at him and said, “Aeneas, Jesus Christ heals you. Get up!” And when the man obeyed, he was healed!

If you will believe in the power of God, if you will believe what God has told you in His Word, you will be healed too.

Now I say to you, if you need healing, God wants to heal you. Somebody said, “Well, I just don’t know if healing is the will of God for me.” God revealed His will through His Son, Jesus Christ, as Jesus walked upon the streets of Jerusalem, upon the shores of the Sea of Galilee, and up and down the dusty roads of Judea (John 5:30; 14:9–10). The Bible says that everywhere Jesus went, He was doing good and healing.

Remember the leper who said, “If You will, Jesus, You can make me whole” (Luke 5:12)? That man was in the position that so many people are in today. He did not doubt the power of God—he doubted the Lord’s willingness to heal him. God revealed His will for all of us in one statement when Jesus said to that man, “I will. Be whole” (v. 13).

God has already made provision for you to be well. His power is available for you right now to heal, to change your body, to drive sickness and disease from you.

But you have to activate God’s power. By your actions and your words, you must activate the power of God in your life and let it drive out sickness and disease. Too many times people are prayed for and they don’t activate the power of God.

How do you activate God’s power? After you pray and receive your healing, immediately do something that you couldn’t do before. That’s what Aeneas did. When Peter told him to get up and take care of his mat, that was something he had not been able to do for a long time. But the Bible says he did it.

You can also activate God’s power by your words. When you receive healing, you can declare by faith, “Healing is mine. I have it now!”

When people really get the revelation of the healing power of God and they understand that Jesus Christ heals them, no one can keep them from receiving what belongs to them!

Keys to Remember for Your Healing

1. God heals through His people today who will believe His Word.

2. Peter had confidence and boldness as he declared to Aeneas, “Jesus Christ heals you.”

3. If you will believe and act upon the Word, Jesus Christ heals you too.

4. After Peter spoke the Word, it was time for the paralyzed man to act.

5. A sick person is not necessarily sinning.

6. God’s will for you is revealed through Jesus, and His will is for you to be healed and whole.

7. Instead of saying, “Thank God, I’m healed,” or beginning to do something they could not do, many people who are prayed for wait for something to happen.

8. Once God’s healing power is administered, people who are prayed for need to act on the Word. They need to activate the healing power by doing what they couldn’t do before and speaking the right words.

Scriptures to Meditate On

Luke 18:27 (NIV)

“Jesus replied, ‘What is impossible with men is possible with God.’ ”

James 1:17 (NIV)

“Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows.”

Acts 9:34 (NIV)

“ ‘Aeneas,’ Peter said to him, ‘Jesus Christ heals you. Get up and take care of your mat.’ Immediately Aeneas got up.”

John 10:10 (NIV)

“The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I [Jesus] have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.”

James 2:20 (KJV)

“Faith without works is dead.”

Luke 5:12–13 (NLT)

“In one of the villages, Jesus met a man with an advanced case of leprosy. When the man saw Jesus, he bowed with his face to the ground, begging to be healed. ‘Lord,’ he said, ‘if you are willing, you can heal me and make me clean.’ Jesus reached out and touched him. ‘I am willing,’ he said. ‘Be healed!’ And instantly the leprosy disappeared.”

CHAPTER 5

Faith That Will Not Quit

In Matthew chapter 15 there’s the story of a woman who went to Jesus for her daughter’s deliverance, and no matter what happened, she would not take no for an answer.

MATTHEW 15:21–23

21 Then Jesus went out from there and departed to the region of Tyre and Sidon.

22 And behold, a woman of Canaan came from that region and cried out to Him, saying, “Have mercy on me, O Lord, Son of David! My daughter is severely demon-possessed.”

23 But He answered her not a word. And His disciples came and urged Him, saying, “Send her away, for she cries out after us.”

Evidently she had been crying out to Jesus for quite some time and the disciples were tired of it. Then the Bible goes on to say:

MATTHEW 15:24

24 But He answered and said, “I was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”

In other words, Jesus was saying that He wasn’t sent to her. But just look how she answered Him.

MATTHEW 15:25–28

25 Then she came and worshiped Him, saying, “Lord, help me!”

26 But He answered and said, “It is not good to take the children’s bread and throw it to the little dogs.”

27 And she said, “Yes, Lord, yet even the little dogs eat the crumbs which fall from their masters’ table.”

28 Then Jesus answered and said to her, “O woman, great is your faith! Let it be to you as you desire.” And her daughter was healed from that very hour.

I want you to notice that this woman came to Jesus, crying out, “Lord, have mercy on me!” But He didn’t even answer her. Then the disciples said to Jesus, “Hey, she’s a nuisance. Send her away!”

That’s when Jesus said to her, “Well, I have come only to the house of Israel.”

But this woman came back to Him, saying, “Lord, help me!”

Again Jesus answered her, “It’s not good to take the children’s bread and throw it to the dogs.” Oh, there’s a case of defamation right there—a case of slander—because He called her a dog. If that had happened today, we would really have a problem. I can just hear people whispering, “Can you believe what that preacher said? Why, I wouldn’t go to his church. He called that woman a dog!”

Of course, the reason Jesus called her a dog is that in those times the Jewish people considered all Gentiles dogs.

Strangely enough, this woman acted as if she didn’t even hear Jesus. She didn’t let what He said bother her. Why? Because she knew there was an abundance of healing power in only one crumb from the Master’s table. And she also knew that the Lord had enough healing power for the Jews and the Gentiles. So all she said was, “Yes, Lord, yet even the little dogs eat the crumbs which fall from their masters’ table.”

Praise God, this woman wasn’t going to be denied. She wasn’t going to let anything stop her from getting a miracle for her daughter. And when Jesus saw her persistence and determination, He said, “Great is your faith.” And her daughter was healed from that very hour!

She Was Consistent in Her Speaking

Not only was this woman from Canaan persistent in her faith—she also was consistent in her words. In fact, her theme throughout her encounter with Jesus was, “I believe You can and will help my daughter.”

First she cried out to Jesus for mercy (Matt. 15:22). And I want you to notice that she didn’t say anything different, even though He answered her in the negative. She consistently spoke her faith.

I also want to point out that this woman came to Jesus uninvited. Certainly, other people came to Him uninvited, but most of those were of the household of Israel. This woman was not. And Jesus told her that He hadn’t come for her—that He couldn’t take what belonged to the children of Israel and give it to her.

Even when He told her these things, her words stayed the same. They expressed her strong belief: “Jesus, You are the One, and You can deliver my daughter. You will deliver her. I expect it!” She was consistent. And she kept on speaking her faith until Jesus granted her request.

You see, we must say the same thing consistently. We must speak words of faith and our words must agree. Our speech has to be consistent concerning whatever it is we need. Real Bible faith doesn’t waver—one time saying this and another time saying something entirely different. No, friend! Real Bible faith is committed no matter what. Remember, Hebrews 10:23 says, “Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful.” It doesn’t matter what does or does not happen—God is faithful.

Let’s look for just a moment at what the consistent words of this woman reflected. First, her words expressed her great love for her daughter. She was coming to Jesus to ask help for her. But this woman’s words also reflected her attitude. Her words reflected what she believed in her heart. What was her attitude? I cannot be defeated and I will not quit!

We need to learn to consistently speak what we believe, because our words and our believing are connected. When we really believe something in our heart, that’s what we will talk about. On the other hand, if we’re just mentally agreeing with something, it doesn’t matter how many times we tell someone, “Yeah, I believe,” we’ll never get what we need from God. That’s not real Bible faith.

You see, God wants us to experience life to the full—all that He has for us. The second verse of Third John says that He desires for us to prosper and be in health. And just as this woman’s faith worked for her, our faith in the Father’s abundant supply will lift us beyond natural circumstances. But we have to get a revelation of that. We have to get a mental picture of ourselves prospering—a mental picture of ourselves healed and whole.

If our thinking is right, our believing will be right. And when our believing is right, our receiving won’t be far behind!

I encourage you to get in the Word today. Find scriptures on healing and find out what you’re supposed to believe and say. Then take that Word and use it to stand strong. Speak it with determination and consistency and expect the scenery you’re facing to change. You are God’s child, and no sickness, disease, or problem can come against you that God’s abundant supply doesn’t cover.

Even though there’s enough power in the crumbs to take care of whatever needs you have, God has prepared an entire table of blessing for you. Pull up to that table! Reach out and take a heaping spoonful of healing. Take the limits off, because you can never exhaust God’s supply. There’s more than enough healing for you today!

Keys to Remember for Your Healing

1. Go after your healing with persistence and determination—just like the woman whose daughter was demon-possessed.

2. No matter what your situation looks like, consistently speak the Word and expect God to act.

3. Have the attitude, “I cannot be defeated, and I will not quit!”

4. To receive from God, you must believe with your heart—not just mentally agree.

5. The Father’s abundant supply will lift you above natural circumstances.

6. Get in the Word and get a mental picture of yourself—healed and whole. If your thinking is right, your believing will be right. And when your believing is right, your receiving won’t be far behind.

7. You can never exhaust God’s supply of healing.

Scriptures to Meditate On

Hebrews 10:23

“Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful.”

Hebrews 10:23 (Amplified)

“So let us seize and hold fast and retain without wavering the hope we cherish and confess and our acknowledgement of it, for He Who promised is reliable (sure) and faithful to His word.”

Matthew 15:26–28

“But He answered and said, ‘It is not good to take the children’s bread and throw it to the little dogs.’ And she said, ‘Yes, Lord, yet even the little dogs eat the crumbs which fall from their masters’ table.’ Then Jesus answered and said to her, ‘O woman, great is your faith! LET IT BE TO YOU AS YOU DESIRE.’ And her daughter was healed from that very hour.”

3 John 2

“Beloved, I pray that you may prosper in all things and be in health, just as your soul prospers.”

CHAPTER 6

Dare to Believe God

One of my favorite Bible stories is about the woman with the issue of blood. This woman experienced the power of God because of her faith and the words she spoke.

MARK 5:25–34

25 Now a certain woman had a flow of blood for twelve years,

26 and had suffered many things from many physicians. She had spent all that she had and was no better, but rather grew worse.

27 When she heard about Jesus, she came behind Him in the crowd and touched His garment.

28 FOR SHE SAID, “If only I may touch His clothes, I shall be made well.”

29 Immediately the fountain of her blood was dried up, and she felt in her body that she was healed of the affliction.

30 And Jesus, immediately knowing in Himself that power had gone out of Him, turned around in the crowd and said, “Who touched My clothes?”

31 But His disciples said to Him, “You see the multitude thronging You, and You say, ‘Who touched Me?’ ”

32 And He looked around to see her who had done this thing.

33 But the woman, fearing and trembling, knowing what had happened to her, came and fell down before Him and told Him the whole truth.

34 And He said to her, “Daughter, YOUR FAITH has made you well. Go in peace, and be healed of your affliction.”

This is an outstanding account of a woman who was determined to receive her healing from God. Just imagine for a moment her terrible condition. She was destitute. She was in a desperate situation. She had been sick with a blood disorder for 12 years. The New English Bible says she “had suffered from haemorrhages for twelve years” (v. 25).

The Bible also tells us that she had gone to many doctors and spent all of her money, but she still wasn’t any better. In fact, she had actually grown worse. The New American Standard Bible says she “had endured much at the hands of many physicians” (v. 26). But they all gave her the same report: “There’s nothing more that can be done for you.”

Most people in those circumstances would have just given up. But this woman wasn’t about to call it quits. Instead, she had a powerful determination that she was going to receive something from Jesus.

Sometimes people have too many alternatives. Their desire to receive healing from God isn’t strong enough, so they learn to cope with sickness. Someone asked me one time, “Why do people not receive their healing?” I replied, “Because they don’t want it badly enough!”

There are a lot of people who want to be healed, but they’re not willing to do what’s necessary to get healed. They want somebody else to do it for them.

This woman didn’t want to leave it up to somebody else to get her healing for her. She was willing to do whatever was necessary. Why? She was determined to be healed.

She said, “When I touch His clothes, I will be made whole.” I mean, she was 100 percent determined in her spirit! And her determination drove her to say something. Once you start talking faith, it won’t be long before you start acting it.

I’m sure there were those who told her, “God is using this sickness to teach you something. You have to be willing to bear what He has given you.” But that’s not what the Bible says! God doesn’t have anything to do with sickness and disease. Acts 10:38 tells us, “How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with him” (KJV).

That scripture alone tells us that sickness and disease is from the devil and that we have a right to be healed. Besides, if God is making His children sick to teach them something, He could be accused of child abuse!

Others probably told her what they told my dad when he had been given up to die by medical science: “Just get yourself ready. In a few days, it will all be over.”

If you know the story of my dad’s healing, he had sent for his pastor to come and talk to him. Days went by, and finally another minister did come. He took Dad’s hand, put on his professional voice, and said, “It’s all right, son. In a few more days it will all be over.”

Let me tell you something. Don’t listen to people who say things like that! If you’ll believe God, in a few more days the sickness and disease will all be over!

In the natural realm, we may come up against impossible situations. But we must learn to access the possibilities and resources of the spirit realm by faith. In Luke 18:27 Jesus said, “ ‘The things which are impossible with men are possible with God.’ ” If we learn how to keep speaking the right words, even in the midst of impossibilities, the power of God will set us free!

‘I Shall Be Whole’

For just a moment I want you to picture the woman with the issue of blood as she sits there in her house. The sun is shining outside, but inside it’s dark, because with every breath, with every beat of her heart, this woman is dying. The birds outside are singing sweetly. The breeze is blowing through the trees, and everyone else is enjoying the beautiful day. But this woman sits in her room, with no hope, no money, and nowhere to turn. Can you imagine being in that terrible condition?

Then she heard about Jesus. She heard that He was healing people. And she began to say, “If I can only touch His clothes, I shall be whole.” If you need healing, I encourage you to just begin to say, and keep on saying, “As I speak God’s Word, I shall be whole.”

Not only did she say something, but she also acted on the words she spoke. She got up and left her little room. Then she went through the streets of the city, looking for Jesus.

Now remember, this woman had a blood condition. All the people I have ever known who had a blood condition became extremely weak. Some people with blood conditions even have to lie down for several hours to regain their strength after simply walking from one end of the house to the other. Why? Because the life is in the blood (Lev. 17:11). Yet this woman was struggling through the streets, desperately searching for Jesus.

She faced another obstacle that day. According to Jewish law, she wasn’t supposed to be out in public. Really, she was defying the rabbis and the Jewish law which said that anyone with a blood condition was unclean. But she dared to believe God instead of the religious law.

The woman with the issue of blood risked everything to get to Jesus. She risked it all. Many times if you’re going to receive something from God, you have to be willing to take a risk. You can’t afford to be cautious with the Lord. You must do what God says, no matter what anybody else says.

Can you picture this woman struggling to get to Jesus? I can see her in my mind’s eye, elbowing and pushing her way through the crowd—all the time saying, “If I can only touch His clothes, I shall be whole.”

Speaking the right words strengthens us and helps us do what we don’t feel like doing. And what we say in line with God’s Word will bring His power to deliver us and set us free.

Now I can see this woman as she drew closer to Jesus. She had probably used up most of her strength. Maybe she had even been jostled and banged up as she tried to get through the crowd. But she kept pressing on and saying, “If I touch His clothes, I’ll be whole. Nothing is going to stop me.”

Just as she drew close enough to touch Jesus, I can imagine someone in the crowd accidently knocking her down. Suddenly she found herself sprawled out on the ground near the Lord. With one last burst of energy, she propelled herself forward and touched His clothes. The Gospel of Matthew says that she touched the hem of His garment. If she did that, she had to be down on the ground, didn’t she? When she touched His clothes, immediately the fountain of her blood dried up and she was healed of that blood condition!

When the woman with the issue of blood touched Jesus, the Lord stopped and said to His disciples, “Who touched Me?”

Let me paraphrase the next part of the story in modern language. The disciples said, “Jesus, what in the world are You talking about? Can’t You see all the people who are touching You? And yet You say, ‘Who touched Me?’ ”

Then Jesus, in effect, declared, “Yeah, boys, but this touch was different. Power went out of Me.” He was saying that her touch was not ordinary. Why? Because she touched Him with her faith, and she was healed!

Next the Bible says, “But the woman, fearing and trembling, knowing what had happened to her, came and fell down before Him and told Him the whole truth” (Mark 5:33). In other words, she told Him her entire story.

Then Jesus made a startling statement. He said, “Daughter, YOUR FAITH has made you well.” Wait a minute, Jesus! Wasn’t it Your power that cured her of this terrible blood condition? Yes, it was the power of God that went into her body and healed her. But it was her faith that activated the power.

Do you want to know how to get the power of God moving in your life? Start talking and acting in line with God’s Word. We need to understand that if we’re going to receive anything from the Lord, it will come by faith. The power of God is always present, but it’s not manifested unless someone mixes faith with it. Faith is the switch, the activator. If you need healing, I encourage you to say, and keep saying, “I shall be whole!”

Keep Talking!

Mark 5:28 in the Amplified Bible reveals something about the woman with the issue of blood that’s vitally important to your healing and mine—“FOR SHE KEPT SAYING, If I only touch His garments, I shall be restored to health.” Those words for she kept saying indicate to me that she was continually making a declaration of faith for her healing, no matter what kind of obstacles she faced.

And what does Mark 11:23 say? “For assuredly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be removed and be cast into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that those things he says will be done, HE WILL HAVE WHATEVER HE SAYS.” This woman believed in her heart that if she could just touch Jesus’ garments, she would be healed, and she kept saying that!

As we discussed in a previous chapter, we see in God’s Word that He has already provided healing for us. First Peter 2:24 says, “Who his [Jesus’] own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed” (KJV).

So God provided healing for us through the stripes on Jesus’ back. That’s why it breaks my heart when people wait for the manifestation of their healing before they ever do anything. It’s so important for us to realize that our healing is already done in the spirit realm as soon as we pray. But we have to do what it says in Mark 11:23. We have to say it with our mouths. We say it, we believe it, and we will have it! It’s our faith that brings that healing into manifestation in the natural realm, and it’s our faith that will keep that healing.

Now, I want to point out that some people do receive an instant manifestation of healing. Some are healed as they go. And some begin to mend from that hour until they’re completely well.

What do we do until we see our healing manifested in this natural realm? We continue to say what God said. And we say it the way God said it. We don’t change it up.

Remember the story of the fig tree in Mark chapter 11? When Jesus cursed it, nothing appeared to happen at first. It looked exactly the same. It seemed to be alive. But it was cursed the moment Jesus spoke. And by the next day, that tree had withered away.

Remember Abraham? After God told him he was going to be the father of many nations (Gen. 17:4), he didn’t go around saying, “Please, God—oh please!”

No, he went around telling everybody what God had said. He told them, “I’m the father of many nations.” When you receive in the spirit realm what God has already provided for you, it’s your responsibility to make it come into existence in the natural realm.

When you do as the woman with the issue of blood did—when you continually make your confession of faith—you are helping whatever you desire become a reality in the natural world. You’re calling it out of the spirit world into this natural realm.

If Abraham had stopped saying, “I’m the father of many nations,” Isaac would never have been born. And if we stop declaring what the Word says, we’re not going to get what we’re believing for either.

Begin to claim the blessings God has provided for you in His Word. Open your mouth and say, “It’s mine! Healing is mine. Prosperity is mine. Protection is mine.”

God has anointing, health, and victory already prepared for you. Use your voice and begin to draw on His provision. The wells of salvation never run dry (Isa. 12:3)! They are never empty. And they are full of healing, deliverance, peace, and anything else you’ll ever need. Draw from those wells today—there’s no limit to what you can take. If you need healing, begin to say, “I shall be whole. I shall be whole. Thank you, Father. By Jesus’ stripes, I am whole.”

Keys to Remember for Your Healing

1. The woman with the issue of blood experienced the power of God because of her faith and the words she spoke.

2. If you learn to speak the right words, even in the midst of impossibilities, the power of God will set you free.

3. God doesn’t have anything to do with sickness and disease. Sickness and disease come from the devil.

4. As God’s child, you have a right to be healed.

5. You must be willing to do what God says, no matter what anybody else says.

6. Jesus said the woman with the issue of blood in Mark chapter 5 was healed on her faith. Her faith activated the power of God, and your faith will do the same for you.

7. The moment we pray, our healing becomes a reality in the spirit realm. But for it to manifest in this natural realm, we must do what Mark 11:23 says. We must say it and believe it, and then we will have it.

Scriptures to Meditate On

Mark 5:28–29

“For she said, ‘If only I may touch His clothes, I shall be made well.’ Immediately the fountain of her blood was dried up, and she felt in her body that she was healed of the affliction.”

Mark 5:28 (Amplified)

“For she kept saying, If I only touch His garments, I shall be restored to health.”

Mark 5:34

“And He [Jesus] said to her, ‘Daughter, your faith has made you well. Go in peace, and be healed of your affliction.’ ”

Mark 11:23

“For assuredly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be removed and be cast into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that those things he says will be done, he will have whatever he says.”

CHAPTER 7

Ready to Receive

Our God is alive and well. And when we need Him, we can turn to Him and He will turn our hopeless situations around. He will cause our enemies to run from us. He will restore to us what’s been taken away. He will lift us up from despair, depression, and distress. He will lift us up out of all our troubles (Ps. 34:19).

Our God will encourage us by bringing to our remembrance all the times He’s delivered us in the past. And if He’s ever delivered us before, He’ll do it again!

When our heads are hanging down, He lifts them up and gives us a different perspective (Ps. 3:3). He helps us see the possibilities of deliverance (Ps. 68:20 Amplified). When we have our heads down, we can only see our problems. But when we begin to look up—when we lift our eyes toward the heavens where our strength comes from—we can see the possibilities of escape!

Suddenly our thoughts begin to change. We see what the Word has to say. Instead of looking at what is happening now, we begin to expect the best. Instead of looking at the turmoil, we begin to look at the peace that’s coming down the road toward us. And we’re going to meet it head-on!

Instead of looking at the sickness that’s plaguing our bodies, we begin to look at the healing power of God. We’re not just saying, “Lord, help me.” Instead, we’re shouting out, “Lord, thank You for Your delivering power!”

We have to step out in faith and raise our voices. And we can be sure that when we call upon the Lord, He is listening (Ps. 34:15, 17). He hears us. He’s not asleep. He’s not on vacation. And He’s not weak. He is strong. He’s always ready to deliver us, because our God is mighty and there is no other like Him!

It’s time for us to lift our voices and begin to say what God’s Word says. It’s time for us to begin to say what God can do. We need to declare by faith, “God will deliver me. God is lifting me up. God is for me, so who can be against me (Rom. 8:31)? God has redeemed my life from destruction (Ps. 103:4). God is my Strengthener. He is my Helper. He is my Standby. He is my Counselor (John 14:26 Amplified).”

When we cry out to God, He goes into action. When He hears the cry of faith, He says to the Commander of the Angelic Forces, “Send a troop to take care of that situation.”

Somebody might say, “That’s not biblical.” Yes, it is. When Daniel cried out to the Lord in Daniel chapter 10, God dispatched an angel from Heaven. And when we cry out to the Lord, the angelic hosts are also released on our behalf.

So remember: when you cry out to God, the answer is on the way. And remember that Daniel kept crying out until the answer reached him. It’s important for you to keep speaking faith until the answer is manifested.

The Light Has Come!

Know today that God has given you victory and triumph. Your day of deliverance has dawned. If you feel as if you’ve been sitting in the darkness, waiting for the light, let me tell you, the Light has come. Open the door and let Him come in!

Have you ever watched the darkness fade as streaks of amber and gold appear across the horizon—as that ball of fire called the sun rises in the east? It’s a beautiful sight. But it’s not as beautiful as the sight of the Sun of Righteousness rising in your life and shedding the light of the power of God on you.

You see, the light of the sun in the east comes every day, whether you want it or not. The Sun of Righteousness has risen with healing in His wings. But it’s only those who throw the doors and windows open and let the Light shine in that receive from Him.

Are you ready to open your doors and windows with the heart of faith and let the Light of the power of God come into your life and set you free?

I cannot answer that question for you. You must answer it for yourself. I answered that question in my own life when I was 15 years old. I had a serious fungus infection in my left ear. The pain was horrible. Doctors told me not to get any water in that ear. They said I was going to have to move to the desert of California or Arizona to have a chance of living a normal life.

But I knelt at a chair in our living room and said, “All right, Lord. I’ve heard healing preached all of my life. I’ve even preached my dad’s sermons on healing to the youth. Now I thank You, Sun of Righteousness with healing in Your wings, for touching and healing my body.” And He did!

The doctors had told me I wouldn’t be able to hear out of that ear. But when I went into the army, they said the ear that had had the fungus infection was stronger than the other one. Even today, I can hear better out of the ear that was healed.

You see, when the Sun of Righteousness with healing in His wings touches something, He makes things better than they were before. And He’ll do the same for you!

Remember, you hold the key that will unlock the door and let you out from under Satan’s tyranny. You hold the key that will release you from sickness and disease, and all that goes with it.

As you pray today, just say, “Thank You, Lord, for what You have done for me. I accept it by faith, and now I give You praise and glory for it!” As you partake of God’s healing power, purpose in your heart that you will be a person of faith, freely receiving what God offers you.

Remember, the power of the Lord is always present to heal. The Healer is always in the house. He’s always in your house. But your faith is the triggering mechanism that activates the power of God.

Jesus is there with you right now. The power of God is there. Your faith will make you whole.

Are you ready to be made whole? Are you ready to activate the mighty healing power of God? Are you determined to receive something from the Lord?

If you’re ready, if you’re determined, God is here to meet you right now. The Healer is in the house. The Healer is in your house.

Keys to Remember for Your Healing

1. God is alive and well. He’s not weak; He is strong. He’s always ready to deliver you because He is a mighty God and there is no other like Him.

2. You can be sure that when you call upon the Lord, He is listening. He hears you. And once you cry out to Him, the answer is on the way.

3. God has already given you victory and triumph. Your day of deliverance has dawned!

Scriptures to Meditate On

Psalm 34:17, 19 (NIV)

“The righteous cry out, and the Lord hears them; he delivers them from all their troubles. . . . A righteous man may have many troubles, but the Lord delivers him from them all.”

Romans 8:31

“If God is for us, who can be against us?”

John 14:26 (Amplified)

“But the Comforter (Counselor, Helper, Intercessor, Advocate, Strengthener, Standby), the Holy Spirit, Whom the Father will send in My name [in My place, to represent Me and act on My behalf], He will teach you all things. And He will cause you to recall (will remind you of, bring to your remembrance) everything I have told you.”

Prayer to Receive Healing

Through the pages of this book, God is telling you that the Healer is in your house today. And He didn’t come empty-handed. He came with the power of God. He came with the anointing of the Holy Spirit. He came with the same power He’s always had, because He never changes (Mal. 3:6; Heb. 13:8).

Wherever you are right now, know that God is with you, and He’s ready to manifest His healing power in your body. This is your hour! I have seen many people open up their hearts to the Word and receive wonderful healing and deliverance—and God is no respecter of persons (Acts 10:34). Say the following prayer out loud in faith and get ready to give the Lord a mighty shout of victory!

Heavenly Father,

I’m so thankful for Jesus. I see today that He took those stripes on His back so I could be made well (1 Peter 2:24). And by faith, I receive what He did for me. By faith I receive Your healing power into my body right now. [Insert name of sickness or disease] has no place in my body because I’m alive with the life of God. The same Spirit that raised up Jesus from the dead is working in me, quickening my body with brand-new life (Rom. 8:11).

I boldly declare, “I am healed and whole.” I’m not going to be healed tomorrow and I’m not going to be healed next week or next year. I’m healed right now, because the Word says it, I believe it, and that settles it! Thank you, Jesus!

Keep Your Healing

You know, a lot of people get healed and then they lose their healing because they don’t know how to stand. But that doesn’t have to happen! To help you hold on to what you have received from God, we are making available to you—free of charge—a digital copy of Kenneth E. Hagin’s minibook How to Keep Your Healing. To download your free copy, visit http://www.khm.com/keephealing by March 2015. We’d also love to hear how God has healed you. Just email us at partnerservice@rhema.org or call 1-888-28-FAITH (283-2484).

About the Author

Kenneth W. Hagin, President of Kenneth Hagin Ministries and Pastor of Rhema Bible Church, seizes every ministry opportunity to impart the attitude of “I cannot be defeated, and I will not quit.” Rev. Hagin has ministered for over 50 years, beginning as an associate pastor and traveling evangelist. He has organized and developed Rhema Bible Training Centers around the world and is the founding pastor of Rhema Bible Church. He hosts the annual A Call to Arms® Men’s Conference and with his wife, Lynette, cohosts Rhema Praise, a weekly television program, and Rhema for Today, a weekday radio program broadcast throughout the United States. They also conduct Living Faith Crusades, spreading the message of faith and healing to the world.

To fulfill the urgent call of God to prepare the Church for a deeper experience of His Presence, Rev. Hagin emphasizes key spiritual truths about faith, healing, and other vital subjects. He ministers with a strong healing anointing, and his ministry helps lead believers into a greater experience of the glory of God.

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Table of Contents

The Healer’s in Your House!

Dedication

The Day of Healing Has Dawned!

Jesus Is Passing By

The Healer Is in the House

Jesus Christ Heals You

Faith That Will Not Quit

Dare to Believe God

Ready to Receive

Prayer to Receive Healing

About the Author

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Table of Contents

The Healer’s in Your House!

Dedication

The Day of Healing Has Dawned!

Jesus Is Passing By

The Healer Is in the House

Jesus Christ Heals You

Faith That Will Not Quit

Dare to Believe God

Ready to Receive

Prayer to Receive Healing

About the Author

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